Seed-planter.



R. H. PRIOR. v SEED PLAN TER. I APPLICATION IILED MAR. 10, 1914.

1,103,831, Patented July 14,1914

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R. H. PRIOR.

SEED PLANTER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 10, 1914.

Patented July'14, 1914.

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ROBERT H. PRIOR, OF CEDARTO NN, GEORGIA, ASSIGNOB, OF ONE HALF TO AUGUSTIN E. YOUNG, OF CE'DABTOWN, GEORGIA.

SEED-PLANTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 14, 1914.

Application filed March 10, 1914. Serial No. 823,762.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ROBERT H. PRIOR, an American-born citizen of the United States, residing at Cedartown, in the county of Polk and State of Georgia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Seed- Planters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to seed planters and particularly to a machine for planting cotton seed and oats.

One object of the invention is to produce a planter of simple and improved construction which will be capable of planting cotton seed or oats in drills and which by a slight change may be used for planting cotton seed in hills suitably spaced apart according to the nature of the seed as well as the soil to properly space the stands apart.

A further object of the invention is to simplify and improve the means for actuating the seed dropping mechanism.

With these and other ends in view which will readily appear as the nature of the in vent-ion is better understood, the same consists in the improved construction and novel arrangement and combination of parts which will be hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings has been illustrateda simple and preferred form of the invention, it being, however, understood that no limitation is necessarily made to the precise structural details therein exhibited, but that changes, alterations and modifications within the scope of the claims may be resorted to when desired.

In the drawings,-

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a machine constructed in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same taken on the line 22 in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a side elevation. Fig. 4 is a side elevation showing the opposite side of the machine. Fig. 5 is a rear elevation. Fig. 6 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 6-6 in Fig. 3. Fig. 7 is a perspective detail view of the cam for actuating the drop valve and related parts.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are denoted by like characters of reference.

The frame of the machine includes the side members or sills 15 which are connected and spaced apart at suitable intervals by cross bars or rods 16, 17 the latter being potion of said spout being open.

sitioned adjacent to the rear ends of the sills. The sills, near their forward ends, afi'ord bearings for the axle 18 carrying a ground wheel 19 which by engagement with the ground causes the rotation of the axle.

The frame supports. a hopper 20, the bot tom of which, 21, has a longitudinal slot 22 for the escape of seed, said slot being regulated by means of a gate 23. Extending downwardly. from the bottom of the hopper is a discharge spout 24 comprising side walls 25 and a front wall 26, said spout being thus approximately U-shaped in horizontal section, the lower end and the rearward por- The rearward cross bar 17 is pivoted on the sills so as to be capable of rocking movement, and mounted on said cross bar is a tongue 27 adapted to constitute a closure for the rear and lower portions of the discharge spout. The cross bar 17 has at one end a crank 28 on which is pivoted a forwardly extending rod 29 which is normally retracted by a spring 30 which serves to keep the tongue 27 normally in an obstructing position with respect to the spout. The axle 18 carries at one end a tappet disk T which may be described as having a plurality of series of cams a, c, 0 arranged side by side and containing different numbers of equidistantly spaced cam members 31, it being understood that the first so-called series may .ini clude but a single cam member, while the next series may include two such cam mem bers, oppositely disposed, while a third series may include three equidistantly spaced cam members, and so on. The cam members of each series are adapted for engagement with a lug 32 that depends from the forward end of the rod 29. Secured on one of the sills '15 is a plate 33 having an upstanding flange 31 provided with notches 35 in one of which the rod 29 may be guided, said notches being disposed in alinement with the several cam series a, Z), c,so that by proper adjustment of the rod 29 in one of I preach the dead center.-

v 40, be aidjustably mounted.

, rte'rmediat e portion being keeper 44, the end portions of which are motion it being,

engagement with a notch 37 in the flange 34 when it is desired to support the rod in such" a' manner that it -will not be actuated by the tapPet disk. I

-The side walls of the hopper 20 support tubular bearings 38 for a shaft 39 havingat one end a crank 40 which is connected by a Pitman-41 with a crank 42011 the aXle'1'8. The cranks 40 and 42 are of equal racliusin order that rotary motion may be transmitted from e a e the hame; M1 1 order tov Pre vent the shaft '89, from hanging on a dead center the. pitman is provided intermediate its ends'with a, bulged portion 43, said inguided through a equipped" with antifriotion members 45 Owing to this construction it will be seen that-when the crank 42 p e H vpreaches a dead centerfwhere it willlie in alinementwith the axisof the shaft 3 9, the

' sing'pot 4 pa si g n g me t with one of the antif f riction members on rollers 45 will serve to constitute, a fulcrum that enables the. pitm an to perform a rocking movement of sufficient scope to swing the crank 4Q beyond a dead center, and thus enabling the shaft 39v to continue its rotary otcourse,understood that 40 will simultaneously apthe cranks 42 andries'. ithin the hopper an agitating disk 46 having laterally extending arms 47 to stir agitate the contents of the hopper and, to 'feed it'through. the slot 2.2V in the bottom thereof; a 7' Securely mounted on the frame is a standard 48 i of the customary U-shaped form, sometimes known as the Georgia plow foot, and; on which a furrow opener 49 may It obvious that the saidfurrow opener may be of any shape or typethat may be considered most advantageous for thework to be, performed.

connection with the drawings hereto annexed, it ilvill be seenthatby placing the lug r 32 in thefpath of one ofthe cam series 04, 6, o the tongue or closure 27 may beactuated a 50.

From the foregoing description taken in predetermined number of rotation o-fthe axle. rotation of the. axles imparts a rotary mo: tion to theshaft in the hoppeiycausing the contents latter to be fed through theslot 22,-the area of times during each latedby proper adjustment of the gate 23.

In this manner cottonfseedjmay beplanted at suitable int ervals,'it"being seen that a portion of. cotton seed will accumulate on i the tongue or closure 27 and; caused to drop in a p-i pivrtectmember havi g a crank at one end, ;a tongue secured on the pivotedf member andconstituting a closure for the spout- ,2; spring retraetedrod connected pivotally at The shaft 89. car-' e; a are fif n tune and a in a w th, {a pl ia tr fi 1 M95 fina s alinement with the cam: series, a lug depend; i e; fr m; e ri an dertedfie ie? t P of O e t t e 1 2 s eslthe' h i e the notches in. thefflanges, rod being, also, provicld' with interengaging notches whereby the rod; maybe supported w th: t s u (if t e h of; ny Oi the cam 'seri esi supported the same time the the end which may be regu-y 7 from the latter into the furrowat each oper ationof the spring retracted rod 29. Should it be desired to drill oats orcotton seedyt'h'e f closure or t0-ngue27 may be latched in an I open positiom'when the contents of the hopperwi'l l-be fed in a continuous stream to the.

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' Having thus described the invention, what 2 is claimed as new, is

' l. Ina planter, a discharge spout having an opening, a pivoted member carrying a Waste n Q i f fi i in d v ted 5 embe he ns; w eak t on e appet m mbe n th axle a it pr g; r t ac d; i-c ne d v ta lr a ne nd th fle r el? .1 1 the nir e lfme ber; was at eeth e d a 1 st po it ned, in;

6 an axle,

I the path of the tappet member.

' w ed P a er, a dis h r e p ut a one end with the crank on the pivoted'memher, and means. for. actuating-the rod at t rmined; nter a s F a 1 I 3:- I pl er a ischar p ut pi oted member having a closure torrsai'd spout,

and a crank at one end, a spring retracted rod; conneeted' pivotally with the crank, a pr i1 mbe1-'- p or o t tati and; including a plurality of cam series havlng ar et n m e f am a r ed e b ra e-a of he retracted rod"beingzguideclthrough one of 4. In a planter, a hopper having a shaft man connecting the two, cranks and. having an intermediate bulged portion, and a upstanding flange for rotation antl provided with a; .erank at one end, an axle carrying: a ground wheel and hav ng a. crank at one end, a pitkeeper through which the pitman, iss

vid'ed with anti friction members.

In testimony whereofl signature, ,in presence ottwowvitnesses.

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